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Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is for the student to become familiar with and understand the abilities and limitations of the technology involved in today's logistics and supply chain environment. The technology will include the latest best-of-breed applications, including e-commerce/internet applications. Hands-on demonstrations and presentations will be an essential part of the experience.
The course will make it possible for students to:
· understand the way in which technology assists in creating an effective supply chain management system
· develop and evaluate between various alternative software solutions to shipping, logistics, and trade problems
· understand and appreciate the use of a Decision Support System in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
· to remove the "black box" image of some technology by understanding the theory driving the processes.
· be aware of the increasing use of IT in the provision of international trade
· develop their own online shop/website
On completion of the module, the student should:
- be able to identify situations where a technology solution will be effective in a supply chain management decision or operation
- understand the major interaction between the functions that make up logistics and the rest of the business enterprise as in an Enterprise Resource Planning programme such as SAP
- be able to support their choice of a software solution for a supply chain management decision
- be able to evaluate future technology as to its potential effectiveness for shipping, trade, and/or logistics applications
Brief Description
The module will comprise of 1 session each week. In addition, the student will be expected to devote, at the least, an equivalent amount of learning time in private and group study of course materials and the preparation of the tutorial projects.
The module will include a series of lectures and demonstrations by the course leaders. In addition, students will have the opportunity to work with several software programmes during the course with tutorial and sample problems,
Some of the topics to be covered by the lectures
- · E-commerce in Logistics and Order Fulfillment
- · Warehousing and Inventory Management
- · Transportation and Routing Issues using PCMiler
- · Load Planning issues using VisualLoad and LPS Autoship
- · Project Managment
- · Quality Management and Performance Measurement
- · Online Tariff Retrieval via WorldTariff
- · International Trade B2B
Software Packages (Representative List)
Reading List (Representative)
Simchi-Levi, D., E. Simchi-Levi, & P. Kaminsky, Designing and Managing the Supply Chain, 2000, McGraw-Hill.
Cokins, G., A. Stratton, & J.Helbling, An ABC Manager's Primer, 1993, McGraw-Hill
SAP Training Manual, Logistics Information Systems Reporting, 1999, SAP.
Sharpe, S, & B Gambrel, Teach Yourself Sap R/3 in 10 Minutes, 1999, Sams.
Ptak, Carol A. & Eli Schragenheim, ERP Tools, Techniques and Applications for Integrating the Supply Chain , 1999, St. Lucie Press.
Fingar, P., H. Kumar, T. Sharma, Enterprise E-Commerce, 2000, Meghan Kiffer Pr.
http://www.technologyevaluation.com/ (free registration) Many detailed articles and reviews.
All of the above books can be ordered from the Amazon.co.uk web site by clicking on the title of the book. Other books on the subject can be found using the search method listed below
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